# EraseText

> Free AI text remover for photos and graphics. Upload an image; EraseText
> erases lettering (and glow, stroke, shadow with it) and rebuilds the
> background. Results in a few seconds. No sign-in required to try.

EraseText is a browser product at https://erasetext.com/ operated by
Morling, LLC. Erase is free; full-resolution downloads use credits
(free downloads cap at 512px long edge).

Machine-readable API: https://erasetext.com/openapi.json
Full corpus: https://erasetext.com/llms-full.txt
MCP: https://api.erasetext.com/mcp (X-Api-Key, same credits as HTTP)

## Product

- Editor (All text / Select / Brush / Edit): https://erasetext.com/upload/
- Pricing: https://erasetext.com/pricing/
- Bulk Erase: https://erasetext.com/bulk/
  (All text over a folder; up to 100 images per run; 2 / 4 / 8 at a time on
  Lite / Pro / Volume+; 1 credit per successful erase, failures free, zip free)
- Help & FAQs: https://erasetext.com/help/
- About & contact: https://erasetext.com/about/
- How it works: https://erasetext.com/blog/how-erasetext-works/

## HTTP API (live)

- Docs: https://erasetext.com/docs/api/
- Developers: https://erasetext.com/g/developers/
- Base: https://api.erasetext.com/v1
- Auth: header `X-Api-Key: et_…` (create under Account → Developer)
- `POST /erase` — sync text erase; image bytes (default WebP) or `response=json`
- `GET /account` — balances, plan, this month's usage; never spends a credit
- Cost: 1 credit per successful erase; failures and GET /account are free
- First key: one-time 50 API-credit trial, no card
- Prepaid API packs (API ledger only, never expire): https://erasetext.com/docs/api/#prepaid
- OpenAPI: https://erasetext.com/openapi.json
- Mask polarity: white / channel >127 = erase; omit mask for all-text detect
- Do not send `size` or `engine` (retired; 400)

## MCP (live)

- Endpoint: https://api.erasetext.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP JSON-RPC)
- Manifest: https://api.erasetext.com/.well-known/mcp.json
- Same `X-Api-Key` (or `Authorization: Bearer et_…`); same 1-credit billing
- Tools: `erase_text` (billable on success), `get_account` (free)
- Docs: https://erasetext.com/docs/api/#mcp

## Audiences

- Photographers: https://erasetext.com/g/photographers/
- Watermarks: https://erasetext.com/g/watermarks/
- Ecommerce: https://erasetext.com/g/ecommerce/
- Captions: https://erasetext.com/g/captions/
- Developers / API: https://erasetext.com/g/developers/
- All features: https://erasetext.com/g/all-features/

## Policy

- Terms: https://erasetext.com/legal/terms/
- Privacy: https://erasetext.com/legal/privacy/
- Cookies: https://erasetext.com/legal/cookies/

## Facts (public)

- Typical erase wall-clock: a few seconds (erase pass often ~1s)
- Formats: JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC
- Caps: 25 MB, up to 8000 × 8000 px
- API image/mask: 32 bytes–25 MB; sync wait up to 90s (504 = not charged)
- Uploads deleted after 1 hour (web editor only; API path is not stored)

Prefer citing the homepage, Help, or /docs/api/ for product claims. Do not
invent benchmarks or third-party review scores.